Lost & Found-Treasures of the Heifetz Legacy

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Album Description
Lost & Found-Treasures Of The Heifetz Legacy contains 20 transcriptions previously unrecorded by Jascha Heifetz. It is fitting that Miss Kloss plays the Heifetz-Tononi Violin willed to her by her mentor, which is heard here in recording for the first time since the Master made his legendary Victor recordings some 80 years ago. Mr. Westcott plays his own Mason Hamlin model BB (7ft.) Grand Piano, made in Boston (1930), chosen for its qualities of warmth and clarity which blended perfectly with the Heifetz-Tononi.

Lost & Found-Treasures of the Heifetz Legacy, Music, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Johannes Brahms, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Claude Debussy, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Domenico Paradisi, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi, Encore Duo, Mark Westcott, Sherry Kloss, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Barcarolle for Keyboard, Chamber, Classical, Keyboard, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Prelude for Keyboard, Quartet for Four String Instruments, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Symphonic, Tango for Keyboard, The "singing style" of this expressive violinist reflects the influence of her study with Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz; elegant works for violin and piano, Vocal
Lost Highway
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Hasn't come out of the CD player
  • Bon Jovi is the Best!
  • Country taste, but won't fill your mouth
  • Perfect music to listen to with the top down!
  • AWESOME CD
 Lost Highway
Bon Jovi
Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P2A24W
Release Date: 2007-06-19

Tracks:

  1. Lost Highway
  2. Summertime
  3. Make a Memory
  4. Whole Lot Of Leaving
  5. We Got It Going On
  6. Any Other Day
  7. Seat Next To You
  8. Everybody's Broken
  9. Stranger (feat. Leann Rimes)
  10. The Last Night
  11. One Step Closer
  12. I Love This Town

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Given the chart success of their Grammy-winning country single "Who Says You Can't Go Home," it's no surprise Bon Jovi upped the ante by recording an entire album paying homage to Nashville. In some ways, it's amazing they didn't do this sooner, given the way Keith Urban in particular is blurring country-pop lines, much as Garth Brooks and others did in the 1990s. To their credit, you won't find predictably shallow invocations of past country icons or any self-conscious, in-your-face down-home twang added strictly to remind the listener of the musical premise. In fact, Lost Highway isn't "Bon Jovi goes country" so much as a meaningful tribute to the Nashville ethos done on their own terms. They honor the spirit of the town through 12 simple, direct originals. The intimate, smoldering "(You Want To) Make a Memory," the ballad "Seat Next To You," "Lost Highway" and its roaring celebration of freedom, and "Stranger," an effective duet with LeAnn Rimes, all invoke country's spirit, and "I Love This Town," an eloquent nod to Nashville itself, ties it together admirably. --Rich Kienzle

Album Description

"Artistic freedom made this record possible," says Jon Bon Jovi. "Musical freedom to explore--and emotional freedom to express what was in our hearts."

The result of that freedom is Lost Highway, an album Jon describes as "a Bon Jovi record influenced by Nashville."

Bon Jovi explains. "Nashville is all about songs and songwriters. If you're someone like me who loves songs and hanging out with songwriters, Nashville is the place. I thrive on that feeling and I'm inspired by that creative ambience."

The result, a haunting set of 12 new and original sounding songs, is a stunning, multi-layered look into the nature of love and life in all its glory. Love, like life, is lost, found, forgotten and reclaimed in this collection.

The moods are many, but the core feeling is pure Bon Jovi.

"Writing this record with Jon was deeply cathartic," says Richie Sambora, who collaborated on ten of the songs. "I was going through emotional changes that were new for me. An ailing father. A painful divorce. The start of a new chapter in my life. I poured everything I had into this project, every last bit of soul at my command."

"For over twenty years now," Jon explains, "Richie and I have been close collaborators. Even when our songs create fictional stories, they reveal our states of mind. To a large degree, Lost Highway focuses on the light that love brings. When you shine the light on love, you see the chinks in the armor. You see every crevice, every crack. And that's all right".

Lost Highway is Bon Jovi's tenth studio album since the band formed in the early eighties. One hundred and twenty million albums and 2500 concerts in over 50 countries later, Bon Jovi is enjoying the greatest popularity in their history.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Hasn't come out of the CD player.......2007-07-23

Excellent listening. I just love this CD. There is not a bad song in the bunch. I highly recommend it

5 out of 5 stars Bon Jovi is the Best!.......2007-07-23

I love Bon Jovi's new CD...a little bit country a little bit rock and roll!

5 out of 5 stars Country taste, but won't fill your mouth.......2007-07-23

Good songs, and most of country influence is subtle. Thankfully, this isn't really "The Country Album." A Pleasure.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect music to listen to with the top down!.......2007-07-22

I am so glad I purchased this CD. I am a longtime fan of Bon Jovi. This CD proves that Bon Jovi can adapt to the changing times of music. I can listen to this CD with my children (ages 10-15) and they love it too! It's a "feel good", "let's rock", and "take it easy" collection that I never get tired of listening to!

5 out of 5 stars AWESOME CD.......2007-07-20

I love Bon Jovi and this new CD is one of the best for them. I love the songs on it, all of them!! I take it everywhere with me. Everyone should experience Bon Jovi!!!
Easy Tiger
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Tiger goods
  • Solid Album
  • A true Ryan Adams classic
  • Yea right
  • Little too country for my tastes
 Easy Tiger
Ryan Adams
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P29B1W
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

  1. goodnight rose
  2. two
  3. everybody knows
  4. halloween head
  5. two hearts
  6. tears of gold
  7. the sun also sets
  8. off broadway
  9. rip off
  10. oh my god, whatever, etc.
  11. pearls on a string
  12. these girls
  13. i taught myself how to grow old

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Easy Tiger, Ryan Adams's ninth solo studio album, is a return to form in every way. He's already shown that he can bash out three albums in one year--not to mention the hilarious fake hip-hop records posted for free on his Web site--and that he can sound as much like the Grateful Dead as he wants to in his constant subsequent touring. Backed once again by the Cardinals, Adams synthesizes and refines his approach to smooth, gorgeous country-pop. "Tears of Gold" is one of the best songs he's written in ages, while "Two" is a slowly percolating, sweet little number that recalls Sean Hayes in its soulful folksiness (someone named Sheryl Crow accompanies Adams on vocals). One of the greatest treats of this languorous, twangy album is the subtle ways that genre gets played with. "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old" is the best Harvest outtake Neil Young never wrote, while the treated, synth-sounding guitar solo on the druggy, chooglin' "Halloweenhead" sounds like it comes straight out of Journey. And "The Sun Also Sets" sounds more than a little like Rufus Wainwright covering Fred McDowell's "Write Me a Few of Your Lines." It bursts with enough melodrama as to border on musical theater. But, as is clear on these songs of love and loss, Adams has always been at his best when giving into his most mellow, dramatic side. --Mike McGonigal

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Album Description

I think there are really only two kinds of pop music CDs these days. There are the ones you listen to only once or twice, maybe downloading the single good song to your iPod or computer; then there are others that grow stronger, sweeter, and more necessary each time you play them. Gold was that way; Cold Roses was that way; so was Jacksonville City Nights. I won't say Adams is the best North American singer-songwriter since Neil Young...but I won't say he isn't, either. What I know is there has never been a Ryan Adams record quite as strong and together as Easy Tiger; it's got enough blue-eyed, blue-steel soul (with the faintest country tinge) to make me think of both Marvin Gaye and the Righteous Brothers. Probably ridiculous, but true. And the songs themselves are beautiful--the lyrics tightly focused and brief, the feeling one of melancholy calm that will probably be a revelation to fans that remember the old, sometimes angry Ryan Adams.

Now there's this, maybe the best Ryan Adams CD ever. And I know you want to listen to it right away. But slow down. Take your time. This album asks for that, and it will reward your full attention.

In other words--easy, Tiger.

--Stephen King

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Tiger goods.......2007-07-22

I am middle aged and grew up listening to lots of music. Every morning when I was getting ready for school I would play "the constant three" on my record player (yep, record player): Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and B.B.King live at Folsom Prison. I don't know at what point in time I got turned onto Ryan Adams but I do know that I fell in love with Cold Roses a couple years back and told everyone I know about it. So I picked up Easy Tiger at Starbucks and I was astonished that I had not made this connection before. Ryan Adams sounds like a new Neil Young. Like Neil young sounded to me when I first started to listen to him 35 years ago. He writes great songs, he sings them with an emotional honesty and a slight twang, he means to get his song across, he wants to entertain too, and rock and roll and get it out. Easy Tiger is easily one of the best out there this year and will hold up, as Neil Young has, for years and years to come.

4 out of 5 stars Solid Album.......2007-07-19

Once again Ryan Adams makes another solid album. every song is great. My favorites are Hallowenhead, Tears of Gold and Everybody Knows. So go ahead and buy it you won't regret it.

5 out of 5 stars A true Ryan Adams classic.......2007-07-18

I've been trying for years to nail down who Ryan Adams reminds me of, and I've finally figured it out: Van Morrison. Both are roots-bound almost to the point of being revivalists, both are notoriously temperamental, and both are wildly, erratically prolific, sometimes to a fault; yet both are unquestionably geniuses (almost unarguably so, much to the chagrin of their detractors).

So what does this analogy have to do with a review of "Easy Tiger?" To put Ryan Adams's new album in perspective, it would be the equivalent of Van Morrison's "Moondance." It is the first record that comes across as being almost conservative in its polished professionalism. If you're a Van fan who hated "Moondance" because its warm, relaxed, pastoral vibe felt like a "sellout" after the wild abandon of Them and the heady experimentalism of "Astral Weeks" (and I'm sure there were more than a few people of that opinion at the time), then likewise, "Easy Tiger" is going to sound too safe, too pat. But if you think "Moondance" is a beautiful masterpiece, then you may well love "Easy Tiger."

This is the album where Ryan Adams sobers up, bears down, and actually turns out an album of "all-killer, no filler" (arguably the first since "Heartbreaker"). And if that comes at the expense of the roughness and raggedness that has accompanied his best work to this point, then so be it. But ten years down the road (if Ryan Adams keeps getting songs like "When the Stars go Blue" covered by enough mainstream artists to make him a mainstream artist himself), my money is on this album being considered as one of his true classics.

In a way, it's almost a career summation up to this point. It has the acoustic front-porch "Heartbreaker" vibe on "These Girls," the lush "Gold"-ballad feel on "Two, and "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old" the "Demolition"-style late-night laments of "Everybody Knows and "The Sun Also Sets," the atmospheric "Love Is Hell" angst of "Off Broadway," the "Rock and Roll" crunch on "Halloweenhead," the jam-band "Cold Roses" sound on "Goodnight Rose," the "Jacksonville City Nights" countrypolitan of "Tears of Gold," and to make it complete, "Pearls On a String" and "Two Hearts" even harken back to his Whiskeytown days.

In fact, this album plays almost like a Ryan Adams Greatest Hits album that, like a good hits comp, manages the trick of being summative without being disjointed or haphazard. And like a good compilation, these songs are all keepers. That said, this album is a grower. It took a few weeks before the songs really began to take shape, but from that point on, the album got better and better with each listen. If this is what being sober means, here's hoping Ryan can stay on the straight and narrow from here on out and have a later-day career as interesting and rich as Van Morrison's.

5 out of 5 stars Yea right.......2007-07-18

Why don't y'all shut up. Don't care for the critique. Dumb losers it's just music.

2 out of 5 stars Little too country for my tastes.......2007-07-17

Upon my first listen to this album I could not finish it...the songs were a little too twangy and Adams' voice was as well. My taste is more on the rock side of things, and this album falls definitely more on the country side.
West
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Gets better with age
  • great album
  • Glad I bought this
  • Lucinda Williams, Who Knew...
  • Please Don't Say "This Is Her Best"
 West
Lucinda Williams
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
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ASIN: B000LXHGFI
Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

  1. Are You Alright?
  2. Mama You Sweet
  3. Learning How To Live
  4. Fancy Funeral
  5. Unsuffer Me
  6. Everything Has Changed
  7. Come On
  8. Where Is My Love?
  9. Rescue
  10. What If
  11. Wrap My Head Around That
  12. Words
  13. West

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Though the arrangements stray from Lucinda Williams's motherlode blend of blues, country, and folk, West may well be her best album. It is easily her most musically adventurous, and often her most lyrically inspired. Williams's singing has never sounded better, from the aching tenderness of "Where Is My Love?" to the ravaged catharsis of "Unsuffer Me." New York producer Hal Willner, who has worked with artists such as Marianne Faithful and Lou Reed, enlists the support of eclectic progressives like guitarist Bill Frisell, keyboardist Bob Burger, and violinist Jenny Scheinman, along with harmonies from the Jayhawks' Gary Louris, to weave a subtly rich sonic tapestry. Much of the material was inspired by the death of Williams's beloved mother ("Mama You Sweet," "Fancy Funeral") and the bitter breakup of a relationship (the jagged-edged emasculation of "Come On," the repetitive incantation of "Wrap My Head Around That"), though "Are You Alright?," "Learning How to Live," and "Everything Has Changed" could reflect the aftermath of both. Other highlights include "Rescue," with a languid subtlety and ambient pulse reminiscent of Beth Orton, and the dreamy, wistful title track. Where Williams's music has long cut close to the bone, the best of West slices right through it. --Don McLeese

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gets better with age.......2007-07-22

Simply put Lucinda just paints a sound and words that rings true. She as far the wide buyind audience is unknown, very underrated as trash female artits do their stuff.

4 out of 5 stars great album.......2007-07-21

i really like this album. have a few LW songs in a few of mu alt country compilation cd's and have heard an album or two that other people owned. Happy to have one of my own. i think I picked a good one. Theres one or two songs on the album that are wierd to me and slightly grating, but overall i think that this is some of her best music.

5 out of 5 stars Glad I bought this.......2007-07-17

I had never listened to Lucinda Williams before and saw her performance recently on Jay Leno and liked it. I sampled the album and decided to buy it. Some of her older fans have shown disappointment in this album but I don't have anything of hers to compare it to and I love it. At first the songs sound overly simple and the lyrics seem plain. But it grows on you more and more each time you listen to it. It just gets better and better. It's a unique style, I think, a little blue grass, soft rock and blues all in one. If you saw her performance on Jay Leno and liked that, you'll like this CD and it's a bargain now at $9.99.

5 out of 5 stars Lucinda Williams, Who Knew..........2007-07-12

I know a lot of people have listened to Ms. Williams for years. I had heard of her, but never listened to her music. I was definitely missing out!

This cd was incredible. I loved all of the songs.

I mostly listen to mainstream country music, and I think it's sad that people like Lucinda Williams and Alison Moorer aren't played. Their music is amazing.

I have since bought two more of her cds, and plan to buy more!

It's nice to listen to songs that actually have something to say.

2 out of 5 stars Please Don't Say "This Is Her Best".......2007-07-10

Disclaimer: I am new to Lucinda's own albums, so maybe I shouldn't be reviewing this just yet before hearing a few more. But it does seem like everything else has been steering me right here, with everybody telling me to proceed no further before checking her out. So now *please* tell me that West is some kind of fly in the ointment. She sounds totally rasped out, like Stevie Nicks with a really bad cold. Please tell me that she's in a songwriting slump also. I find myself in accord with Big Jim's one-star review below - these songs don't feel like stories, let alone lyrics - there's simply too much line repetition to communicate much except dull emotion. If this were a blues album it would be one thing, but clearly it's not. And how can these be called melodies when all they do is hover around one or two notes in practically every song, showing off very little of her range. (Somebody please tell me that she displays some vocal range somewhere else.)

Coming from a pretty good appreciation of lady singer/songwriter/interpreters like Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, and others with similar talents, even ones with narrow but beautiful instruments like Rickie Lee Jones, I was hoping to add a little bit of spice to the rack - but this album is a huge let-down. When I learned that Hal Willner, Bill Frisell and Jim Keltner were major contributors to West, I figured that I would at least be intrigued by *some* of the tracks - sorry - even after several listenings that's not happening. I really do like Lucinda's one track on the 2001 MJH tribute album Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt, but then again I liked ALL of that 5-star gem. Somebody *please* confirm for me that this is *not* the best way to be introduced to Ms. Williams on a large scale. How much longer should I listen to my trusty sources when West is what they are telling me is a "must have".
Paradise Lost
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Just an amazing group!
  • This is how prog metal should sound like...
  • What a Bummer
  • Good stuff
  • ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF OUR TIME! ASTOUNDING!
Paradise Lost
Symphony X
Manufacturer: inside out
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I8ON6Q
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

  1. Oculus Ex Inferni
  2. Set The World On Fire (The Lie Of Lies)
  3. Domination
  4. The Serpentís Kiss
  5. Paradise Lost
  6. Eve Of Seduction
  7. The Walls Of Babylon
  8. Seven
  9. The Sacrifice
  10. Revelation (Divus Pennae Ex Tragoedia)

Album Description

The masters of Symphonic Power Metal are back!

Symphony X are recognized by-and-large as one the most important acts in the worldwide metal scene. After the release of their hugely successful CD, The Odyssey - and after nearly five years - Michael Romeo and his band have returned with what is already being praised as their best work to date. Paradise Lost has all the trademarks that have come to be associated with Symphony X: Incredibly intricate and powerful, yet-melodic compositions that showcase every member's unrivaled technical skill as instrumentalists. However, once again it must be said that the spotlight is squarely on the ferocious vocal force of singer Russell Allen and the almost inhuman pyrotechnics of guitarist Michael Romeo.

The North American version of Paradise Lost features a fantastic foldout and diecut digipack that was designed by Warren Flanagan, who has done art-direction for major motion picture blockbusters such as I Robot, X-Men and Blade.

This is thee guitar release of the summer!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just an amazing group!.......2007-07-19

When I first heard the sample song from Symphony X's web site, I wasn't too sure about the direction they took with this CD. It's a deeper, darker, and harder CD than any of their previous releases. I impatiently waited for the arrival of my new CD and when it came I quickly unwrapped it and stuck it on my Zune for a private screening. From the opening track, I was struck with awe at this group who defies modern generalizations of their genre by adding an arsenal of instruments into their tracks that mold together with the traditional "metal" sound rather than mixing in and sounding out of place. From the first time I heard one of their songs, I was thrilled to find another group that wasn't afraid to add in some piano and orchestration into their music, much like Jon Oliva, who is the mastermind behind Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, or Artension.

So, as I sat listening to the first track of Paradise Lost, I couldn't help but feel that same excitement that I felt the first time I heard a Symphony X song. It's an instrumental with what sounds like Latin vocals chanting. It really sets the stage for the rest of the album and is a fantastic way to open a album. I was very impressed.

When the second song came on, I knew I was going to love the album, yet I also realized something else: they kicked up the level of intensity enough that it might turn some people off. If you barely tolerated their music before, then you'll be pushed over the edge with the new CD. But if you loved their previous offerings, you'll be in heaven with the new sound. Russell Allen's vocals are deeper, heavier, and certainly filled with an intensity that hasn't been reached before on a Symphony X album. The guitar and bass riffs are more intense and even made my niece exclaim, "Could you imagine playing that on Guitar Hero?!" Michael Pinnella's keyboards are toned down a bit in most of the songs compared to previous releases, but they are there when needed and add that unique element to Symphony X's music much like Vitalij Kuprij gives to Artension's.

As I finished the album the first time, I sat there for a minute contemplating the whole experience. The first time through I had my headphones on and followed the lyrics in the book. Yet, as I listened to it, I found myself in awe of the artwork found within the insert that had the lyrics on it. Much as the picture on the front shows, this is a battle between angels and demons. As the title states, Paradise Lost, it's clear from the music and pictures who ends up winning. My favorite picture (which I need to find a poster of!) is of a dark angel standing over a fallen white angel with a glaive at the fallen angel's back. There are lakes of fire with billowing clouds and lava erupting all around. I know, strange picture to be fascinated with, but the picture goes so well with the music and is just amazing.

I'm finding that the more I listen to this CD, the more I like it. It's certainly more intense than any other Symphony X CD, though it's not quite their best (I give that to The Odyssey, followed by V The New Mythology Suite), but it's definitely amazing. I'm just in awe at this group's ability to keep the quality of their releases so high and their music so unique and captivating. I've had their music for two years now and have not grown tired of any of it. They are just that good.

The bottom line here is that this is a great CD. The heavier sound still works great and that amazing "Symphony X" style is still in full force. These guys know how to impress, and this album is no exception.

5 out of 5 stars This is how prog metal should sound like..........2007-07-17

Awesome riffs, virtuous keyboard player and an evil voice by Mr. Allen. This is the best vocal performance from Russel Allen and the fastest craziest and most insane guitar playing I've heard in a long time. THe dark lyrics are grrrreat. Everything from the opening track -operesque-Rhapsody sound alike- to the artwork is amazing. Sit down, listen and enjoy. By far, the best from 2007

3 out of 5 stars What a Bummer.......2007-07-17

Big letdown from this great band. Like ketchup pouring out of a bottle, I waited with eager anticipation for the release of this CD. However, the final product was just ordinary- some nice moments here, some good playing. But, overall this has to be the biggest disappointment of the summer of 2007. Don't listen to the super fans. This is a weak CD lacking any memorable songs. I love this band, so it pains me to write this. I am even going to go as far as saying that I hate the way Allen sings on this CD and he is one of my favorites. Oh well, I hope their next effort is a lot better. Sorry if I made you mad super fans...but I am a super fan also...I'm just an honest one.

4 out of 5 stars Good stuff.......2007-07-16

Good writing...not as good overall as "Odyssey" or "V", but well worth buying if you're a Symphony X fan.

5 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF OUR TIME! ASTOUNDING! .......2007-07-16

I'm a huge Symphony X fan and as I expected when I put this CD in ..I was floored. This is their best and greatest effort so far...and trust me all their work is amazing. What ever you do do not pass this up, If your a Dream Theater fan you will LOVE this. I don't see how anyone could say their a really big fan of the band and give them less then 3 stars on this..if so, then your not really a Symphony X fan. Great work...true artist.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Buy this
  • dead or alive
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • MORE OF AN IMPULSE PURCHASE FOR ME
  • A real cheer-me-up CD
 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Various Artists - Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
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Release Date: 2000-12-05

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  15. In The Jailhouse Now - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Tim Blake Nelson
  16. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (With band) - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
  17. Indian War Whoop (Instrumental) - John Hartford
  18. Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four
  19. Angel Band - The Stanley Brothers

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The best soundtracks are like movies for the ears, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? joins the likes of Saturday Night Fever and The Harder They Come as cinematic pinnacles of song. The music from the Coen brothers' Depression-era film taps into the source from which the purest strains of country, blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel music flow. Producer T Bone Burnett enlists the voices of Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, and kindred spirits for performances of traditional material, in arrangements that are either a cappella or feature bare-bones accompaniment. Highlights range from the aching purity of Krauss's "Down to the River to Pray" to the plainspoken faith of the Whites' "Keep on the Sunny Side" to Stanley's chillingly plaintive "O Death." The album's spiritual centerpiece finds Krauss, Welch, and Harris harmonizing on "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby," a gospel lullaby that sounds like a chorus of Appalachian angels. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Buy this.......2007-07-23

This album is almost as good as the movie. A good purchase whether you like bluegrass or not.

5 out of 5 stars dead or alive.......2007-07-21


This motion picture soundtrack brings grins all around because each of the tracks associates so instantly with a scene from the uproarious film it graced with fine folk music, in the process generating something of a musical renaissance for those drawn to the genre.

This is pure, early-twentieth-century, down-south Americana. It would be hard to find a more dignifying and elevating anthology of music to represent that slice of American history. This music is laced with humor and irony, putting the lie to the impression many people have that it's practitioners and their folk come from a benighted subculture between the coasts and in a chronological backwater.

Listen and love it.

5 out of 5 stars O Brother, Where Art Thou?.......2007-05-28

My 1-year old grandson goes to sleep listening to some of the songs on the album, unless he is bouncing up and down to the faster numbers. I have therefore listened to the songs many, many times, and enjoy them every time. They are easy to listen to, to sing along with and to rock the baby with!

2 out of 5 stars MORE OF AN IMPULSE PURCHASE FOR ME.......2007-05-26

I regretted buying this after listening to it once. I haven't listened to it since and that's about three months ago. Simply put, without the movie to provide a context, the music itself doesn't sell itself. There are four cuts of 'I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow", two by the same artists which goes a long way to proving my point. I haven't seen the movie in a few years and I'm sure there's a logical reason for the song being repeated in the soundtrack that many times, but I can't remember what it is. Sometimes I like roots music with clear acoustic instrumental sounds and soulful voices. But as for an introduction to this type of music for a general listener, this is not the CD to get. It's mostly for the already converted.

4 out of 5 stars A real cheer-me-up CD.......2007-05-22

Couldn't feel bad while listening to this soundtrack - skipped over the serious stuff and just played "Happy"!!
Last of the Breed
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Country Music
  • Last of the Breed - Well Done
  • The Title Says It All
  • The rocks of this kins of music .
  • Better in theory than in practice
 Last of the Breed
Willie Nelson , Ray Price , and Merle Haggard
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NA1ZLA
Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

  1. My Life's Been A Pleasure
  2. My Mary
  3. Back To Earth
  4. Heartaches By The Number
  5. Mom And Dad's Waltz
  6. Some Other World
  7. Why Me Lord
  8. Lost Highway
  9. I Love You A Thousand Ways
  10. Please Don't Leave Me Any More Darlin'
  11. I Gotta Have My Baby Back

Tracks:

  1. Goin' Away Party
  2. If I Ever Get Lucky
  3. Sweet Memories
  4. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
  5. I Love You Because
  6. Sweet Jesus
  7. Still Water Runs The Deepest
  8. I Love You So Much It Hurts
  9. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
  10. I'll Keep On Loving You
  11. Night Watch

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Once an Outlaw, later a Highwayman, now an elder statesman, Willie Nelson joins forces with Merle Haggard and Ray Price (both of whom have recorded duet albums with Nelson) in a celebration of the classic country song. Everything about this is defiantly old school, from the production by veteran Fred Foster and the musical support from steel guitarist Buddy Emmons and Texas Playboy fiddler Johnny Gimble and vocal backing from the Jordanaires to songs from the likes of Harlan Howard, Leon Payne, and Lefty Frizzell. For all of the artists' generational ties, their differences are what distinguish the project: Nelson is the reediest and most conversational vocalist, Haggard the bluesiest; and Price remains the quintessential countrypolitan crooner. Whether they're harmonizing on Mickey Newbury's "Sweet Memories" or trading verses on Howard's "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down," the vocal blend suggests old friends having the time of their musical lives. Guests include Vince Gill (on "Heartaches by the Number") and Kris Kristofferson (on his Why Me Lord"), but a trio like this doesn't need much outside assistance. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Let's be clear: Last of the Breed is a story - actually, a novel, if not an epic - unto itself. The title sums it up pretty well: On these two discs three classic performers, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, and Merle Haggard, band together on songs they've known and loved for years.

Their contributions don't need elaboration. Each is a legend. All three hark back to a time that's in some ways gone. When you consider the lives they've lived, the world that formed them as artists, and even the landscapes they knew as they began playing in beer joints and backwater clubs long ago, then the truth of those four words, Last of the Breed, comes clear.

Look a little closer, and they take on another reference, to the songs as well as to the giants who celebrate them here. Whether drawn from deep in the tradition, back from the well of Gene Autry, Lefty Frizzell, and Floyd Tillman, or picked from the more recent catalogs, this music conveys a feeling that might be mistaken for nostalgia but is in fact a timeless eloquence.

They don't write or sing `em like this anymore.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Country Music.......2007-07-12

This is truly the last of the breed of real country musicians.
There aren't many country pickers and singers left. All the "New Country" folks are just rock stars with a cowboy hat on. This is really good listening. Just relax, sit back and enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars Last of the Breed - Well Done.......2007-07-03

This CD is a well rounded selection of music with three of the best artists to deliver it. When it comes to Country music, these three artists can give you the best there is. The production is first class and this is a big part of the sound. If you haven't purchased this album, do so. You'll love it.

5 out of 5 stars The Title Says It All.......2007-06-28

Last of the Breed is the best of the best. The songs, words, music, and especially Willie, Merle & Ray you will simply & totally enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars The rocks of this kins of music . .......2007-06-28

ANYTIME willie and ray have ever gotten together to record it has been a TREASURE for your ears . WILLIES VOICE WORKS WELL with any ray price style music . And vice versa . many a people will say oh waylon/ willie were the best together . And yeah they were very good . But for some reason these two know when to let the other shine and when it is time to carry a part in any given song .BETTER then any other two singers in any music format . Then THERE IS merle who is so good at what he does that people dont realize it is the music behind him that has made him shine .He knows so well how to use the band behind him it is awesome .Anytime you get a recording of merle you will see he knows how to use every bit player around him so well that it seems each are enjoying themself s so much that it just has to be great . But this IS ALMOST the last of the breed . This would have been the last of a breed if the three artists that were left out at least made a little showing on this recording. yes the other three that would have made this release complete would have been the 3 top guys left . GEORGE JONES / HANK JR / GENE WATSON . and these 6 are the last of the best of the best left touring . THIS LIST IS THE LIST OF ARTISTs THAT NO ONE WILL EVER FILL THIER SHOES .

3 out of 5 stars Better in theory than in practice.......2007-06-23

What's not to like about this album? Great singers, old familiar songs, it seems like just my cup of tea. But, for whatever reason, this music just didn't "click" with me. After just a couple of listens, I found myself skipping over these CDs in my CD player. I realize that this review might not be very helpful to others because I can't manage to put my finger on what it is I didn't like about these CD - I just didn't. If you don't already know and love the individual material of all three of the artists, I suggest you try and listen to it before you buy it.
The Lost Tracks Of Danzig (2CD)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Essential for FANS of Danzig/Two Horns UP!!!!
  • Good but unfortunately not great...
  • this is true metal
  • Danzig's best album?
  • A Real Treat For Long Time Danzig Fans
 The Lost Tracks Of Danzig (2CD)
Danzig
Manufacturer: Megaforce
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PFU9TW
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

  1. Pain Is Like An Animal
  2. When Death Had No Name
  3. Angel of the Seventh Dawn
  4. You Should be Dying
  5. Cold, Cold Rain
  6. Buick McKane
  7. When Death Had No Name
  8. Satans Crucifiction
  9. The Mandrake's Cry
  10. White Devil Rise
  11. Come to Silver (Acoustic)
  12. Deep
  13. Warlok

Tracks:

  1. Lick the Blood Off My Hands
  2. Crawl Across Your Killing Floor
  3. I Know Your Lie
  4. Caught In My Eye
  5. Cat People
  6. Bound by Blood
  7. Who Claims the Soulless
  8. Malefical
  9. Soul Eater
  10. Dying Seraph
  11. Lady Lucifera
  12. Under Belly of the Beast
  13. Unspeakable Shango Mix

Album Description

The long awaited LOST TRACKS OF DANZIG 2 CD set will be released on May 29th. Packaged in a collectible book-like format, this release features a full color 12 page booklet of rare and unseen photos and short anecdotes about each song as remembered by Glenn Danzig.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Essential for FANS of Danzig/Two Horns UP!!!!.......2007-07-21

I say "fans", though it should appeal to ANYONE who likes dark rock-MeTal. It is GREAT to hear the "old-style" vocals/guitar sound on some unheard(by me) songs. Also, it is great that he didn't decide to stink up the collection with a bunch of CRUMMY DISCO SONGS(like off of "Blackacidevil"....c'mon, how insulting to fans THAT album was!) There are only honestly 2 clunkers on here(in my opinion) and one of them happens to be a CRUMMY DISCO REMIX of "Unspeakable"...the other is the tedious "Buick McKane", though I can see it's appeal to some people. No need to go into the various tracks, they've been well-delineated(though sometimes unfairly/erroneously) on other reviews. I just want to add my vote of EXCELLENCE!!!! And DON'T get any pre-concieved notions about "White Devil Rise"; if nobody told anyone the backstory, they'd never know that it is written in retalliation to remarks made by one of the most psychotic, racist PIGS in the history of earth! Something for everyone on here, from Glenn's BEST-ever ballad("Cold, Cold Rain") to just plain heavy ROCKin' tunes like "Soul Eater"...let me say that I've been rather ambivalent to his releases since #4(though I think #6 is a very strong album, despite the taint of electronica), but I am BLOWN AWAY by this collection!!!! And the cover of the booklet is SUPER-COOL! I imagine that SOME may find it "distasteful", but let's keep in mind Glenn's penchant for comic books, babes, and things wicked. TWO HORNS UP, GLENN!!!

3 out of 5 stars Good but unfortunately not great..........2007-07-20

First of all, I am a diehard Danzig fan and own all of his CDs. Like most fans I really liked Danzig's first 4 Cds (All 5 stars in my book). My first Danzig CD was Lucifuge... when I first popped that CD in my player... I was blown away!

That being said, I am dissapointed with The Lost Tracks. I "liked" approximately 7 songs (Soul Eater, The Mandrake's Cry, You Should Be Dying, Warlock, Lick The Blood Off My Hands, Crawl Across Your Killing Floor and When Death Had No Name) from "The Lost Tracks" but unfortunately the other songs sound like record rejects, B sides or demos. Personally, for me, it was not worth the high cost of the two CD set. I would have liked to see a single CD of only the best songs or alternatively, I could have justified the price if Danzig had included a DVD. - Just my opinion.

***An interesting side note is that I ripped the album to my hard drive the day it came out and the next day I went to trade it in at my local CD store for a store credit. They already had 4 "trade-ins"... Hmmmm...

5 out of 5 stars this is true metal.......2007-07-19

what i like about danzig is that he doesnt repeat himself, for this reason this 2 cd set shows the progress that danzig made from the 80s till today my fav danzig era had always been the early 90s on this cd its not just the 90's or what ppl say that the classic line is the best that danzig had ever had the most powerful songs are all over the 2 cds i cant make a choice but i recommand you buy this 2 cds in order you can experince true metal.

5 out of 5 stars Danzig's best album?.......2007-07-16

The definition of an album has changed, I think, due to technology. It's so easy to mix and match tracks these days, does anybody but dinosaurs like me actually ever listen to records in their original order? Aren't there a lot of "albums" these days that take the form of nothing but a computer download? If an album doesn't even really physically exist, what is an "album", anyway?

For that reason, I decided to approach this double-cd set as a double album. My rationale was this: could a reasonably consistent and coherent album be constructed simply by arranging the track selection in an order other than the chronological (as presented in the original)? If so, how good would the result be?

The answers: yes, and great. This might even be Danzig's best album, which obviously means its an instant classic by any reasonable standard. This is Danzig's White Album, his Exile on Main St., his Physical Graffiti (only far more interesting than all that old fossilized rock, of course).

First on an album, obviously, we need a killer opener. We have the best he has ever written in "White Devil Rise" (if that one doesn't get your blood pumping, you're not a real Danzig fan. It has an impressive, almost progressive structure, with a time change into a break. And what an amazing break, the best I recall on any Danzig record. Don't worry about the politically correct, conformist hacks who downgrade this album because of this song; the riff is a little recycled (from Pain in the World) but man, is it ever pure evil old-fashioned Danzig just the way we like it, and his vocals on this track are incredibly aggressive).

Power ballad? Check. Danzig's purest and best power ballad is here, "Cold, Cold Rain"; it edges "Blood and Tears" and "Sistinas" by an angel hair, but it is better. (Also a perfect album closer; it should have been on Lucifuge). And "Bound by Blood", which is on here, is also in the elite league of classic Danzig ballads. It features some of the most beautiful and intelligent lyrics he has ever written, though almost Manowar-ish in their point of view. "Dying Seraph" (a typical Danzig soft-to-loud track) isn't bad, either.

How about an acoustic changeup along the lines of "I'm the One"? We got that covered, and with a better song: the best version ever made of "Come to Silver". This one is a little superior to Johnny Cash's version of the Danzig-penned "13", which it recalls sonically, just because Danzig's voice is even better than the Man in Black's, in my view. Glenn sings every word very clearly on this one, unusual for him, but very effective. Superb.

Of course, we need some songs with monster hooks in the bulk of the album to fill the role of singles. No problem. "When Death Had No Name", which might just be the very best Danzig song, and with his doomiest-ever riff, makes its debut on an album at last (I remember being amazed that he left this off III after it appeared as the B-side of the "Dirty Black Summer" single.) "Satan's Crucifiction" is another sinister tune worthy of the Danzig name (the riff is the most evil on any song ever that is not named "Snakes of Christ"), as are the double whammy of "Malefical" and "Soul Eater". These are the ones that caught me right away, at least, but there are a number of other strong songs, enough to form a heart of the lineup the `27 Yankees would envy. (By the way, it seems like these discs have a disproportionate amount of relatively upbeat rockers, at least by Danzig standards. "Lick the Blood off My Hands", for example, lives up to the nickname "Evil Elvis", with a 50's-ish verse melody. "Pain is Like An Animal" is just awesome straight-up hard rock and should have been the opener of Danzig I. And the "Buick McKane" cover had my jaw on the floor. As much as I liked the original Danzig band, I never thought they could just go out and absolutely smoke performance-wise like this).

I was quite pleasantly surprised to hear that there's very little of the electronic goofing around that marred the second (bad) half of the Danzig run of albums, even on the tracks from that era; and that his pipes evidently were in better shape than I had thought at the time. All these songs have his voice right up front of the mix, exactly where it belongs. The vocal tracks all sound like prime Glenn Danzig, on both cds. Enough said.

Summary: Whatever sins Danzig has committed against the holy religion of heavy metal since 4p are hereby expunged. There's some filler here, but Danzig's B sides turn out to be better than just about anyone else's A sides, and the good stuff here is good enough to form an album that is worthy of standing alongside anything he has done. The rest we can account bonus material. (This record proves what I suspected all along, due to Danzig's poor choices of singles releases: his taste, like Rubin's, in his own music is mystifyingly bad).

This is simply the best pure metal album released in years. There will be naysayers with the usual biases and agendas; ignore them and treat your black soul to "Lost Tracks" as soon as possible. You have tread in the light too long, and it is time to feel once more that cold wind out of the blue hells, the one that your heart has so long ached for...thank you, Glenn, from an original "Angel of the Seventh Dawn".

5 out of 5 stars A Real Treat For Long Time Danzig Fans.......2007-07-16

First, let's get one thing straight. To the other poster that said that Danzig is merely trying to "cash in" with this album.. Well OF COURSE he is, but that's the business that Glenn is in. You make music, and you sell it if people are buying. If you were in Danzig's place and had these songs to release knowing that his fans would pay money for them - tell me you wouldn't do exactly the same thing. And be honest with yourself. If you say you would give them away for free or wouldn't release them, then I'm calling BS.

Now, on to this release itself. This 2 cd set is basically a collection of unreleased stuff including a couple of covers, and a ton of original Danzig songs that didn't make the final cut for the final studio album for one reason or another. Also a couple remixes/alternates of songs we have heard before. The songs range from stuff that was originally Samhain tunes, all the way up through Circle Of Snakes, and the cd's have the songs on them in chronological order. Also included is a booklet with some cool pictures, and most interestingly (in my opinion) are Glenn's comments about most of these songs saying how he feels about them, why they weren't on the studio releases, etc.

I'm still getting familiar with some of these songs, but some songs that jump out to me right away are:
Pain Is Like An Animal
When Death Had No Name (either version)
Cold, Cold Rain
Satan's Crucifiction
Warlok
Crawl Across Your Killing Floor

There is some really good stuff on this album that in my opinion definitely was good enough to be on the official releases of Danzig's albums, and Disc 1 of this set really took me back in time to the good old days of Danzig 1-4, when the band was at its peak. Disc 2, while not as strong as the first, still has some good songs on it and I'll listen to it more than once. This is not just a collection of unreleased junk just designed to rake in a few bucks.. Glenn's comments in the booklet state that several of these songs he either regretted leaving off the albums, or he really liked but they weren't finished in time, etc. I wholeheartedly agree after listening to some of these tracks. Sure, some aren't real good, but there's some gems on here.

My only complaint about this set is that the boxed set itself is made out of softer cardboard and is easily dinged, scuffed, dented, etc. If you plan to carry this music around with you alot, I would recommend putting the 2 cd's in individual jewel cases and leaving the book itself at home, or I guarantee you that before long, it will turn into a beat up piece of junk. I've had mine for only 2 days and it already has a couple of dings on it. Otherwise, the set is visually attractive, with some cool artwork, and great photos on the inside and generally pretty well thought out and put together. Just try your best to keep it from getting damaged!

Bottom line, this is a great set of unreleased music, and at $28, which is $14 per cd (not all that bad really) it's a must-have. If you're like the one poster and you can't find anything in this set that you really like, then I question if you're really all that big of a Danzig fan, because there are alot of songs on here that I've already listened to several times because they grabbed me right away, and just felt like classic Danzig. As you can see by the reviews this set is getting, most people are loving it, so don't let the few naysayers throw you off. Buy this set now!
In Search of the Lost Chord
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A timeless classic
  • Comments on a few favorite songs
  • My personal favorite
  • almost perfect moody blues album! 4.75 stars
  • House of 5 incredible musicians and songwriters
 In Search of the Lost Chord
The Moody Blues
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002GQG
Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

  1. Departure
  2. Ride My See-Saw
  3. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
  4. House Of Four Doors
  5. Legend Of A Mind
  6. House Of Four Doors (Part 2)
  7. Voices In The Sky
  8. The Best Way To Travel
  9. Visions Of Paradise
  10. The Actor
  11. The Word
  12. Om

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A timeless classic.......2007-07-17

It is hard to believe that this record is almost 40 years old, but it is. And it couldn't have aged any better. It still sounds as fresh, creative, and innovative as it did back in the day. The seven-album run that the Moody Blues reeled off from 1967 to 1972 is quite stunning, and opinions are often all over the map as to what their best of those seven is, but in my mind, it is an easy question to answer. With all due respect to the other six albums, all of which are excellent in their own way, as well, the answer for me will always be In Search of the Lost Chord.

5 out of 5 stars Comments on a few favorite songs.......2007-06-06

I am not going to offer up a review of the entire album. There are MANY talented folks here who have done a much better job of it than I ever could hope to, so what's the point? I'd just like to offer up my 2 cents on my favorite songs from this great Moody Blues work.

First off is John Lodge's classic, feel-good rocker 'Ride My See-Saw'. (This tune and 'I'm Just a Singer' frequently trade places as my favorite Moodies song). I might as well admit it right now: I am a HUGE John Lodge fan and he is my fave Moody. That will become glaringly apparent if you read any more of my Moody Blues product reviews. Am I the least bit biased towards this living legend? Not at all! While I am not totally sure of the exact meaning of the lyrics, on the surface RMSS seems to be rife with double entendres and sexual innuendo, at least that's what I've read many times. But knowing of JL's deep religious beliefs, I strongly guess that that's not the case at all. This song is just plain fun to listen and sing along to. John and Justin's great guitar work ain't none too shabbily showcased either. RMSS is John Lodge at his rocking best.

I am also a big fan of Ray Thomas' often overlooked (and in my opinon) under-used talents. His ode to 'Dr. Livingstone' is a cheery, cute song that I could listen to all day long while having a goofy smile on my face. Ray's next offering, 'Legend of a Mind' is a legend of a song, and perfectly shows off this man's awesome vocal skills, not to mention the fact that he can blow the living tar out of a flute. This song has the best series of build-ups (for lack of a better word) and crescendos of any song I have ever heard. (You'll have to over-look the fact that I am not at all musical nor versed in music lingo, so that's the best description I could give. I hope most will understand what I'm talking about). I can literally listen to this song over and over w/o growing tired of it. The subject matter of this song doesn't matter to me one iota. The melody, the beat, the musicianship, and John's fabulous high note harmonies all combine to make this song a pure delight to my ears.

Next on my list is Lodge's 'House of Four Doors'. I'll spare you the details of how great I think this song is. I'll briefly just state that HOFD is hauntingly eerie and beautiful all at the same time. Maybe- just maybe- I could have done w/o 'some' of the sound effects of the creaking door, but hey John didn't ask me for my opinion before including them. It really doesn't affect my overall opinion of this great song. Yes, it's a John Lodge tune, and yes I darn well love it.

I am ending my little synopsis with two songs from the sublime Justin Hayward.(BTW, I like him, too. He's my 2nd fave Moody). Firstly is 'Voices in the Sky'. I have to admit that it took me a while to really love and appreciate this one (I don't exactly know why) but it is a truly lovely song. This song DOES make me wonder what the birds could say to me if they only could. As usual, Justin does a superb vocal and the song fits him and this album really well. But.... my favorite Hayward tune on this record is by far 'The Actor'. In fact, it's one of my all-time favorite songs of his. Both the lyrics and the sound of this song are as timeless today as when JH penned it many years ago. Something in this song really strikes a chord in me. Perhaps it's the fact that we all tend to put on a good front for the world and get caught up in playing our little roles? I heard Justin sing this song live recently and I have to say the man's voice sounds just as good as it did way back when. He truly is a gifted singer, guitarist and performer.

Well, I guess I'm just about through telling y'all (I'm from the South, after all) about my favorite songs from ISOTLC. I hope this "review" makes someone want to go and listen to these songs (or the entire album) anew- or better yet- hear them for the very first time. Either way, I do hope you enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars My personal favorite.......2007-04-15

I own 14 Moody Blues albums and this is my favorite one . The band's ability to learn 37 different instument including Mike Pindar's mastery of the mellotron is remarkable all in and of itself . The album contains my favorite Moody Blues song , Voices In The Sky . While this album never received the critical acclaim that was given to Days Of Future Passed , it was more like the other 5 concept albums . Yes , the material is some what dated , but , this is the begining of the art rock era . Any one who likes the band should own this .

4 out of 5 stars almost perfect moody blues album! 4.75 stars.......2007-03-19

Though it doesnt contain a song like the epic beautiful "nights in white satin" the Moodies second album from 1968 is their most pyschedelic and solid album of their career. This album segues nicely into a track by track tour of what the end of pyschedlia and the beginning of progrock sounded like. There isnt really a song i dislike and this fits in nicely with the best of the post summer of love albums. Lots of flute mellotron sitars and instruments played by the band themselves. Lost chord is a very strong followup to days of future passed and exceeds it in material for me. Great acoustic guitars and truly great singing all mingled in with LSD musical interludes( though apparantly without drugs). A few moments recall early Pink Floyd late Beatles etc but the Moody Blues were a special band for a time-1967-1972 in my humble opinion. Their first three albums are all excellent but this is the one to get. This one seems heavily influenced by George Harrison Ravi Shankar- with most of the album flaoting by a in a mellow transcendental state. Great for evening listens sunday mornings and for contemplation.

4 out of 5 stars House of 5 incredible musicians and songwriters.......2007-01-30

Locked in a studio for a few weeks, the Moodies come up with an "orchestral" sounding album. It's a little dated at times, but it's wonderfully spacey and good.
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • My favorite Johnny Cash cd
  • Johnny Cash is classic.
  • Best of the American Series
  • this CD turned me into a Johny cash fan...
  • American IV : The Man Comes Around
 American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006L7XQ
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

  1. The Man Comes Around
  2. Hurt
  3. Give My Love To Rose
  4. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  5. I Hung My Head
  6. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  7. Personal Jesus
  8. In My Life
  9. Sam Hall
  10. Danny Boy
  11. Desperado
  12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  13. Tear Stained Letter
  14. Streets of Laredo
  15. We'll Meet Again

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On first thought, the idea of the Man in Black recording such covers as "Bridge over Troubled Water," "Danny Boy," and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" might seem odd, even for an artist who's been able to put his personal stamp on just about everything. But American IV: The Man Comes Around, which also draws on Cash's original songs as well as those by Nine Inch Nails ("Hurt"), Sting ("I Hung My Head"), and Depeche Mode ("Personal Jesus"), may be one of the most autobiographical albums of the 70-year-old singer-songwriter's career. Nearly every tune seems chosen to afford the ailing giant of popular music a chance to reflect on his life, and look ahead to what's around the corner. From the opening track--Cash's own "The Man Comes Around," filled with frightening images of Armageddon--the album, produced by Rick Rubin, advances a quiet power and pathos, built around spare arrangements and unflinching honesty in performance and subject. In 15 songs, Cash moves through dark, haunted meditations on death and destruction, poignant farewells, testaments to everlasting love, and hopeful salutes to redemption. He sounds as if he means every word, his baritone-bass, frequently frayed and ravaged, taking on a weary beauty. By the time he gets to the Beatles' "In My Life," you'll very nearly cry. Go ahead. He sounds as if he's about to, too. Unforgettable. --Alanna Nash

Album Description

UK special edition reissue of The Man In Black's brilliant 2002 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Big Iron' (previously vinyl only) & 'Hurt' (video). American Recordings. 2003.

Album Details

"the Man Comes Around" is the Fourth in the Legendary Singer's American Recordings Series and Boasts Some of his Most Interesting Work to Date, Including his First (And Some Say his Best) Compositions in Many Years. Other Material Includes Cover Versions of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus", Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", the Eagles' "Desperado" and a Rumbling Version of "Danny Boy". This Special Edition Includes an Added Audio Track of "Big Iron" and the Enhanced Video of his Cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt".

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5 out of 5 stars My favorite Johnny Cash cd .......2007-07-04

I honestly can't say I like country music. I just don't care for most of the genre. The only artist from this genre that I do listen to is Johnny Cash. Of all of the American recordings Johnny has worked on with record producer Rick Rubin, American IV: The Man Comes Around" is easily my personal favorite. As much as I like Johnny's last album American V, I just didn't think the material held up as well as the fourth volume.

What I love about American IV: The Man Comes Around is the sparse, haunting melodies that lingers through out the album. Secondly I love Johnny's deep baritone vocals on this cd especially on his covers of "Hurt" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". One of my personal favorite tracks is Johnny's cover of the Nine Inch Nails' track "Hurt". The emotions he puts into the song really moved me. I also loved the Sting song "I Hung My Head". Johnny does a great job at storytelling through this song. His voice is so warm and deep on this track. Johnny's duet with Nick Cave on the Hank Williams' classic "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" is absolutely stunning. Both men really compliment each other with their own deep vocals.

While I do like Johnny's other American recordings, they weren't as perfect to me as American IV: The Man Comes Around is. I can listen to this cd without skipping a single track.

5 out of 5 stars Johnny Cash is classic. .......2007-06-26

I popped this CD in on the way to Vegas from Los Angeles in the middle of the night. Johnny's haunting voice came booming through the speakers like a soundtrack to the desert. Full of stories and vivid descriptions this CD cant be described as anything less than epic. Moving along like a Steam Train up hill the music gains momentum and impresses more with each bar sung. If youre looking for a little dark night, outlaw country Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around is just what you need.

5 out of 5 stars Best of the American Series.......2007-06-26

I've got the last two American series recordings that Johnny Cash did and this one is way better than his last. I love them both, but if you have neither, get this one first. His cover of "Hurt" is outstanding. You can see the video on YouTube of both his cover and the original by Nine Inch Nails. It's amazing just how much better he does this song, its as if it was written just for him.

Note: I am not generally a Country Western fan, and yet this series hits a strong note in me.

5 out of 5 stars this CD turned me into a Johny cash fan..........2007-06-08

Ive never really was into country music, but last week Ive bought 2 Cash CD's . One of them, the American V , is an instant pleasure, no need to adjust. Its WARM, acoustic, filling, emotional, calm. Great CD!

5 out of 5 stars American IV : The Man Comes Around.......2007-05-12

I have always liked Johnny Cash but had none of his CDs. This CD shows the difference between a performer and an artist. This CD is true art. The whole Cd has a very deep message, if you listen and then think of what Johnny is saying. The 1st song "The Man Comes Around" is maybe the BEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD, but certainly one of the best.
Cold Roses
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Let it ride, let it roll, let it go
  • Accessible Yet True
  • With the Cardinals, Whiskeytown may be back...
  • Cold Roses
  • rewards multiple listens
 Cold Roses
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Jacksonville City Nights
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ASIN: B0007YMUZW
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

  1. Magnolia Mountain
  2. Sweet Illusions
  3. Meadowlake Street
  4. When Will You Come Back Home?
  5. Beautiful Sorta
  6. Now That You're Gone
  7. Cherry Lane
  8. Mockingbirdsing
  9. How Do You Keep Love Alive

Tracks:

  1. Easy Plateau
  2. Let It Ride
  3. Rosebud
  4. Cold Roses
  5. If I Am A Stranger
  6. Dance All Night
  7. Blossom
  8. Life Is Beautiful
  9. Friends

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Sent reeling by the one-two punch Conor Oberst's Bright Eyes delivered with I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash In A Digital Urn, Ryan Adams vowed to strike back in 2005 with three of his own releases. The first--a double album, no less--sees the attention-seeking former Whiskeytown singer casting off both the raucous guitars of 2003's Rock N Roll and the rainy-day ballads of the same year's Love Is Hell in favor of the more introspective moments and rustic textures of 2000's Heartbreaker. He's snuck in at least one epic with "Meadowlake Street" and one potential radio hit with the twangy "Let It Ride," while the rest of the set is mostly packed with bleary-eyed laments that feel all too mannered after spending the last few years revealing his naked pop ambition in full. No doubt Adams will make up for it with the next one. --Aidin Vaziri

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Heartbreaker
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Whiskeytown, Pneumonia
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Here is the album that many fans have been hoping Ryan Adams would make since his much heralded emergence with Whiskeytown. Though Adams has been as eclectic (and erratic) as prolific over his solo career, this double-disc gem delineates the possibilities of alt-country in 2005 while transcending the limitations typically associated with the genre. The organic arrangements of his new band, the Cardinals, blend acoustic and electric strains, sparked by the interplay between J.P. Bowersock on guitar and Asleep at the Wheel alumna Cindy Cashdollar on pedal and lap steel. With the set-opening "Magnolia Mountain," Adams and band draw inspiration beyond the title from the era of Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain" and the Grateful Dead's "Sugar Magnolia," though much of what follows shares as much in spirit with Bright Eyes (or even the poppier side of Prince) as it does with retro country-rock. On "Mockingbird Street," Adams builds from the stripped-down intimacy of a heartbeat toward the majesty of an anthem. Except for the rock and roll swagger of "Beautiful Sorta," the material exposes an open-hearted vulnerability, emotions that range from the rapturously romantic ("Cherry Lane") to the tremulously tender ("Mockingbird") to the broodingly bittersweet ("Rosebud"). On the engagingly uptemo "Let It Ride," Adams confesses to "27 years of nothing but failure and promises that I couldn't keep." This release represents promise fulfilled. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Cold Roses is the first of three Ryan Adams releases this year on Lost Highway Records. September to hit this summer and 29 to hit this fall. The new release, a double CD, features Ryan's new band The Cardinals and was produced by Tom Schick. Ryan & The Cardinals recorded Cold Roses in two different sessions at Loho Studios. Ryan will be touring in the Spring, Summer and Fall. "Let It Ride" is the first single going to AAA in early April.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Let it ride, let it roll, let it go.......2007-07-10

I wasn't always the biggest Ryan Adams fan, but I remember years before I bought Cold Roses a couple of friends catching a concert of his - one friend thanked the other for bringing her saying "it's good I got to see him now since he'll probably drink himself to death in a couple years." Well, despite his rock and roll lifestyle, he hasn't drank himself dead just yet, and part of the reason might be that Ryan Adams seems to be writing two songs for every drink he consumes. Cold Roses, a double disc (!) of alt-country tunes, is the best of the three (!!) albums Adams put out in 2005, and that's because, on the one hand, Adams clearly has talent to burn, but also because he's willing to turn whatever idea pops into his head into a conventional song structure, and luck was with him for most of Cold Roses' 18 songs. You can hear that sense of drunken and whimsical invention on songs like, for example, "Mockingbirdsing," an infectious song that makes the most of musta-been-brilliant-at-the-time lyrics like "Sing me what the lord was singing/ on the day he made the sky the color of the blues," or a rambling coming-to-at-7-in-the-morning number like "Meadowlake Street." Then, there are songs that are plain brilliant - "Let It Ride" or "Dance All Night" or "How Do You Keep Love Alive," any of which could be classics of its genre. They sit side by side with the songs that are a little more drunken and a little more inane ("Beautiful Sorta," "Sweet Illusions," "Cherry Lane"), but if there's one failing of Cold Roses, it's not Adams' wild ways, but his predictable ones. For all of its great creativity, Cold Roses suffers from aimlessness - for an album with the running time of this double disc, it's surprising that you could not use words to describe the album such as "sprawling" or "epic" or even "exhausting." The record ends in "Friends," a great sunset song as bittersweet as any of its kind, but you may feel at the end of it as though you've gone nowhere. As a collection of good to great songs, Cold Roses is amongst Adams' best work. As an album, it seems like just another night at the bar.

5 out of 5 stars Accessible Yet True .......2007-06-08

Ryan Adams seems to produce two types of albums. Either you get the dark, misunderstood soul who showed-up on Love Is Hell or the melodic pop smith who showed up on Gold. Since then each record I have by Adams has danced between those two worlds with mixed results, 29 for example seemed like a rushed, unfocused effort, Rock N Roll kept things blasting but was clearly not in Adams normal wheelhouse of style.

On Cold Roses, Adams and his backing band The Cardinals stretch out comfortably in his varied styles in one of the most engaging efforts of Adams career. This album is neither too up to seem unrealistic of whom Adams is as an artist nor too down to be off-putting with melancholy laced diatribes. Instead the heartfelt, lovesick soul who has shown up before is now easy to listen to as Adams allows the Cardinals to create a lovely and rich alt-country backdrop throughout Cold Roses, which allows Adams to not veer off the path into self-indulgent territory.

Cold Roses presents 18 mostly realized efforts. Songs like Let It Ride best showcase this as richly played guitar hooks blast the song off in the right direction while Adams rides the energy into interesting places. Dance All Night is another example, with the lyrics dancing between happy and sad creating a wonderfully melodic slice of life tune that does not seem cheesy, all of a sudden the Bob Dylan comparisons that were applied to Adams can now morph into Neil Young comparisons.

Throughout Cold Roses Adams seems to be in a comfort zone that makes the record feel more complete, like a vision has been met. Each side of the record creates two different feels, but yet still remain a believable package. Sweet Illusion on the first side seems to best capture the sparseness Adams was looking to achieve, while If I Am Stranger is an example of the warmth on the second album.

With the huge number of Ryan Adams records out there one might wonder what one is the best showcase of his talent. Considering his back and forth prolific personality, Cold Roses seems like the best bet to explore as it best showcases all sides of Adams as a performer without veering into sub-standard territory. On Cold Roses, both the dark soul and merry popster appears, but with the help of The Cardinals, Adams allows both sides of himself to shine.

4 out of 5 stars With the Cardinals, Whiskeytown may be back..........2007-04-13

Ryan Adams is a truely talented artist. Every album shows his depth in a variety of musical genres. His voice has an almost chameleon quality that lets him sound like a completely different artist from song to song. Influences from all over the musical spectrum show up in his music.

However....with the newly formed Cardinals, Adams seems to be harkening back to his Whiskeytown days. This album (and it's acutally a double album) has a much more alternative country feeling. This isn't a bad thing. He even adds to repetoire of musical diversity pulling from the Eagles (Easy Plateau) and Van Morrison (Dance all Night). I just personally think that he does his best work in the haunting melodies of albums like Demolitions, Gold, and Love is Hell. This is still a pretty good album and definately worth a buy for fans. This is the first of three albums he released in 2005. The flurry of work kind of shows and takes it's toll in this first one. The first half of this double album doesn't hold a candle to the second. I almost wish Amazon let you use half stars because the first half is 3 and the second a 4. All the real standout material like Easy Plateau, Let It Ride, If I Am A Stranger, and Dance All Night come from disc two. Don't let the mixed singles put you off. This is a good album with some real gems. Just don't expect Gold of Love Is Hell. Cold Roses is a very different album.

4 out of 5 stars Cold Roses.......2007-02-06

Chameleon, charlatan, poseur, genius, prolific, derivative, alt-country poster boy, drunken fool and careerist, these and many more titles have been foisted upon singer songwriter Ryan Adams. The amazing thing is that most carry quite a bit of truth! Adams does so many things to engage, or enrage music fans, that he is fast approaching Dylan's level of being an enigmatic artist.

Say what you will about his past work, COLD ROSES is by far his best outing to date. With the luxury of the best backing band of his career, The Cardinals, Adams comes up with a solid set of tunes that stray into Deadhead territory. The album visits the spirit of Garcia, Lesh, Weir and Company's highwater marks, AMERICAN BEAUTY and WORKINGMAN'S DEAD, with surprisingly good results.

Highlights are many, including DANCE ALL NIGHT, CHERRY LANE, MAGNOLIA MOUNTAIN, EASY PLATEAU and LET IT RIDE. For an artist who throws out a ton of material, often without an eye towards overall quality, this one is very consistent. The only weak moment that I can spot is the irritating, faux NY Dolls intro to the otherwise solid BEAUTIFUL SORTA. That he was able to follow this up with two solid albums (29 and JACKSONVILLE CITY NIGHTS) in the same year is amazing.

I would not go as far as saying that COLD ROSES is a classic, but to my ears, it's the first time that Adams has hit one out of the park. Yes, it's derivative, but overall it's a well played and written set, that shows potential turning into results. I hope that it's a sign of things to come.

5 out of 5 stars rewards multiple listens.......2006-09-25

a great, textured collection of music. it's almost too much to take in at once. listen to it several times, let the songs live inside you and you'll find that the music will open up and engulf you.

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  1. Lyapunov: Piano Concerto No. 2
  2. Melodies for Meditation
  3. Music of Latin America
  4. New Years Concert 1987 [Live]
  5. On Photography
  6. On Wings of Jewish Song
  7. Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica Canti per 13 Canciones a Guiomar
  8. Rare Recordings [Box set] [Import]
  9. Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Don Quixote
  10. Richter Rediscovered [Original recording remastered]

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What You Want Is Now [Enhanced]

Daetwyler: Three Poems; Chants Lunaires

Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence...

Time and Again

A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar [Extra tracks] [Import]

Cheatin' Soul

Bright Lights, Big City [Cast Recording] [Explicit Lyrics]

Britten: Les Illuminations/Nocturne/Serenade

Call of the Wired

Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Tragic Overture

Blue Sunset [Import]

Agarrón Oaxaqueño Disco, Vol. 1

Arriba el Norte

Home Tonight

Bliss: Om Namah Shivaya II